REDUCING POVERTY BY THE MANAGEMENT OF SOCIAL INNOVATION
Abstract
Sustainable
tourism systems have several variables
with significant implications, poverty being one of the more obscure of them, which in conjunction with hunger, inevitably leads in the end to social
chaos. The general goal of this project is to study the state of the art in
social innovation focusing on the elaboration of valid ideas for it, based on
developments for reducing poverty in ecotourist communities. Its specific
objectives are (1) to study the management of the ecotourism business as a
successful tool in social innovation (2) to indicate the social technologies
for forming eco villages and social innovation in ecotourist communities, and (3)
to interpret the social technologies associated with domestic orchards and
gardens as a new arena of socio- spatial performance. It is based on the Theory
of Planned Behavior, derived from the Theory of Rational Behavior consistent with information handling that encourages
collective action, models inherent in Azjen
and Fishbein’s list of multiple attributes. This task called for qualitative
research of a constructivist nature, as a simulated study of case methods used as preparation tools. The studied population was located on the north coast of Bahia State
(Brazil), in a population of mainly unassisted locals and visitors, whose main
object is to enjoy the scenery. The results of this study of the present state of
affairs point to the paradox which characterizes this pleasurable environment
for ecotourism, with its fertile soil, interesting culture and typically hospitable
hosts. The design proposed below gains support from social technologies
associated with permaculture, rural methods and other behaviours geared to
organizing productive systems that are modelled on ecotourism-centered eco-villages.
The conclusion of this task was that the
residents’ practice in social innovation should
effectively
reveals a gap between what exists and what should
exist. The solution lies in training individuals and collectives to exploit the
regional potential for changing their conditions, for
instance by developing the technology to maximize their control of the environment, thus
reducing poverty and improving the quality of
life. This would merit a seal of conservation
for production directed to self-consumption
and profit from any surplus. This is a proposal to reduce poverty through a socioeconomic transition to sustainability by
ecotourism-centred communities using
social technologies.
Keywords
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
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Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Flávio De São Pedro Filho
*
Brazil
Ademar Roque Lorenzon
Brazil
Norma Maria Coelho Vieira
Brazil
Marcelo José Peres Gomes Da Silva
Brazil
Valeria Arenhardt
Brazil
Publication Date
December 27, 2017
Submission Date
September 10, 2017
Acceptance Date
November 7, 2017
Published in Issue
Year 2017 Volume: 3 Number: 9